Todd Snider - Tales From Moondawg's Tavern (Stories Compilation)

Now this is a fan-fucking-tastic bootleg. Probably the best Todd boot I have come across, if not the best of any artist. First I need to give proper credit to the guy who collected, compiled, sweated over, and mastered this (that's right, he actually did some mastering to get all the tracks sounding perfect).......Rich Willis.....everybody thank Rich (THANKS RICH!). There is a good write up from him in the accompanying text file where he tells his story about this excellent compilation. If you're not a Todd Snider fan, DOWNLOAD THIS! If you are a Todd fan.....DO NOT HESITATE! DOWNLOAD THIS! If you like good music, specifically story songs and in the vein of John Prine, Kris Kristofferson, Loudon Wainwright III, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, etc...(that's some heavy hitting company right there)...DOWLOAD THIS! If you just like good stories told by a master DOWNLOAD THIS! Hell, if you just like good bootlegs download this.....it will not be regretted

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FLAMEUPLOAD FILES SEEM TO BE TEMPORARILY DOWN!!! :-(
Todd Snider - Moondawg's Tavern Disc 1 [D1 Alt Link]
Todd Snider - Moondawg's Tavern Disc 2 [D2 Alt Link]
Todd Snider - Moondawg's Tavern Disc 3 [D3 Alt Link]
Todd Snider - Moondawg's Tavern Disc 4 [D4 Alt Link]
Todd Snider - Moondawg's Tavern Disc 5 [D5 Alt Link]

Drive-By Truckers - KEXP Seattle 7-3-07

This is a fantastic recording from a little over a week ago of the Drive-By Truckers on KEXP in Seattle, Washington playing new songs (and one old one) and talking about the forthcoming album. They were in town to play Willie's 4th of July picnic at The Gorge in Seattle. This is a really good recording, and fans will want to snatch this up. Really diggin' the new songs on here.

BTW, former trucker Jason Isbell's solo album was released this week - Available Here

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Townes Van Zandt & Blaze Foley - Tribute To Clyde Buchanan 5-20-1984

Had some interest in Blaze Foley after the Blaze documentary vid, so here is a cool little recording of Blaze and his best friend Townes Van Zandt. The best I can tell is this was either a radio show, TV show, or just a benefit concert for Clyde Buchanan who was an Austin songwriter (and that's about all I know about him). What's cool about this is the little interviews in between the songs. Townes tells a nice story about Pancho & Lefty and a couple of cops. This also features one of my favorite Blaze tunes "Oval Room" which is as relevant now as it was then.

http://www.townesvanzandt.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townes_Van_Zandt

http://www.blazefoley.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaze_Foley

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The Gourds - Live on KUT 1-31-06

Here is a nice little set from the Gourds which features some nice discussion and some damned fine music. This is from a radio show on KUT FM in Austin, TX in support of last year's "Heavy Ornamentals" album (which is good, go get it). If your not familiar with The Gourds, they are a texas band that blends folk, tex-mex, bluegrass, and other random stuff into one yummy stew called The Gourds. They are probably most famous for their oft-mislabeled cover of Snoop Dogg's Gin & Juice....which is great, but they are so much more than that. (AND IT'S NOT A FUCKING PHISH SONG PEOPLE!!!!)
Anyway, give this a listen whether you are an established fan, a new fan, or someone who just likes good music.

http://www.thegourds.com/
http://www.gourds.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gourds

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Drive By Truckers - Texas Bootleg Video, May 14th 2004

WOW!, found this while I was poking around youtube. Its a full concert of DBT from May 14th, 2004. It's really good too, excellent video AND audio. Here's the info from videogoogle:
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Drive-By Truckers: Texas Bootleg

JumperProductions.com "Texas Bootleg"
Concert Series.

JumperProductions.com was on-hand to record Drive-By
Truckers as they capped-off a ... all » two-night stand at The Parish in Austin,
TX on November 13, 2004. In a word, the show was "awesome."

Set List:
The Buford Stick, Ronnie And Neil, Do It Yourself, Never Gonna Change, Lookout
Mountain, Puttin' People On The Moon, Where The Devil Don't Stay, Nine Bullets,
Let There Be Rock, & Play It All Night Long.

Here's your chance to
experience the show. Enjoy, play it loud.
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Some Youtube vids

Been checking out youtube, thought I'd post some. Remember when MTV used to actually show videos, and they were worth watching. Maybe we can call this TTV.....I dunno one too many t's in there.

up first: Wrinkle Neck Mules - Mecklenburg Country (Live at Cinco De Mayo Festival, Richmond....I posted a bootleg of this earlier)




Next up, one of my fave songs by one of my fave unheards: Corb Lund - Roughest Neck Around (this is some homemade video cause they took down the real one.....which is a shame cause it was a damned good video)




Here we have the official video of depression era-metal head Scott H. Biram's "Hit The Road"



Stones revivalist The Deadstring Brothers with their video for "Sacred Heart"




and let's finish this set out with something mellow.....Cat Power - "Lived in Bars"

A Truer Sampler 07 - The Bottle Rockets

OK, we're having a 4th of July blowout on Bottle Rockets!! The Bottle Rockets are the band of former Uncle Tupelo roadie/member Brian Henneman. He formed The Bottle Rockets just before Uncle Tupelo broke up and they actually opened for them on their final show (which I will be posting sometime soon). So in that respect, The Bottle Rockets are another band formed in the wake of Uncle Tupelo.....Son Volt, Wilco, & The Bottle Rockets.....the Big 3. Of those 3, the B-Rox are probably the most straigtforward rock band.....mid west style roots rock that is, and their first 3 albums are among the best in the whole genre of this thing somebody decided to call alt-country. Check out the song 'Radar Gun', one of my favorite songs of theirs off their 1995 masterpiece "The Brooklyn Side". If that don't make you a fan, well maybe 'Welfare Music' will, off the same album. The B-Rox are still going strong too, still touring, still putting out albums, check the links below.

http://www.bottlerocketsmusic.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bottle_Rockets

Buy Their Stuff Here

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Two Cow Garage - Live at Capitol Bowl 6-19-07

This one's for the guys over at altcountrytab.ca. Two Cow Garage are a band from Columbus, Ohio who like there twang served up loud, or maybe they like their loud served up with a side of twang. However you want to put it, these guys are definitley graduates (or dropouts) from the Replacements school of rock. Fans of Lucero and Slobberbone/Drams will probably dig this, it's pretty catchy stuff. This recording is not the best in the world, but it's tolerable....a little hard to hear, but crank it up and you can hear every drumstick snap.

From the accompanying text file: The band played in the bar of a bowling alley in West Sacramento. Great show, unfortunately only about 15-20 people were there to see it. Recorded from front row of seats/tables, a little left of center (near left PA). Small room -- only vocals went thru the PA.

http://www.twocowgarage.com/

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Slaid Cleaves - Live on WDVR Nov. 26, 2000

Allright, this one is a much better introduction to Slaid. He is one hell of a songwriter, and this set really showcases his talents. Songs like "No Angel Knows", "Horseshoe Lounge", "Broke Down", "One Good Year" (one of my faves), and the epic "Breakfast In Hell". There is a second set to this show but I have looked and looked and have not been able to track it down, so if anyone has it, please share :)

http://www.slaid.com/
Buy His Stuff Here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaid_Cleaves

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